Quote Originally Posted by quint41
OK, two clever ladies in the crew. ABQ for short, maybe, as the full name would be quite a mouthful. Icarus sounded familiar to me, so I Googled it:

Icarus (Greek Mythology) was son of Daedalus, famous for his death by falling into the sea when he flew too close to the sun, melting the wax holding his artificial wings together.

Hmm... sounds kind of dangerous!!
BUT, even though he eventually fell into the sea, we often forget that first, Icarus flew, and he flew so boldly and so high that he saw the brilliance of the sun. I read a poem to this effect, so can't take credit for the idea--still, it's interesting, no?